--And in the biggest surprise of the season, we are going to have a totally deaf female racer, who must rely on signing, and who will require subtitling during the episodes.

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And after TARA 2 we all know that being deaf is not necessarily a handicap on the race--there can be some times where signing could be an advantage!!

But I think the team dynamics of this will be SO interesting to watch! Can't hear directions from your partner if you are driving, and can't give directions if you are navigating...This will add a whole new layer to our race!

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"Our fans are pretty good. They don't give away too much. Sometimes people love dropping spoilers, but our fans are good. They tend to do it in such a way that doesn't ruin it for fans who don't want to know."--Phil Keoghan

Michael you're amazing!!! nice job! a deaf contestant will be exciting to watch...I bet they'll get majority of the limelight ala Sarah & Charla and it's been a while since we had a Father/Son team...the last one was Steve & Josh right? from Season 4! whew! this season is sooo gonna be diverse and way more interesting, but I'm still rooting for the doublemints lol ;p

I don't know kiwi, if I saw two older men who were little people, then I think my first descriptive might be "little person" not older...but we'll see!

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This is going to be interesting! I'm going to have three teams to root for: the one with a deaf woman, the Asian one and an all-female team (if it's reasonably competent). Of course if there's a jerk in one of those three teams, that's another story -- but for now I'm rooting for all three teams! I'm not usually this lucky!

Let's summaries the teams that we know of, you may correct me or add other info:

Older couple – seen at Switzerland and Austria (photo evidence, last sighting)

Girls in their 20's– seen at Austria (photo evidence), Romania and Thailand ,Phuket (photo evidence, last sighting)

Couple in Orange, woman is deaf – seen at Switzerland (photo evidence) and Thailand, Bangkok connecting to Phucket (last sighting)

Male little people – seen at Romania and at Thailand, Bangkok connecting to Phucket (last sighting)

Sister's in Green (Kelly Ripa lookalike???) – seen at Switzerland, Romania and at a Beijing to Tokyo flight (last sighting)

Father and son - seen at Thailand, Bangkok connecting to Phucket (last sighting)

African American women – seen at Switzerland and Romania (last sighting)

Asian couple – seen at Romania (last sighting)

Older men - seen at Thailand, Bangkok connecting to Phucket (last sighting) , could be the father or little people teams.Evidence of couples – Very vague and could be the Orange or Asian couple- Switzerland (pretty tall women) , Austria.

The guy from the orange team have a look that could be mistaken for asian (although I think he's mediterranean) , I think that's the guy and his grilfriend.the first description was of an asian couple and not a asian men and his girlfriend , so I think those are diffrent teams, but who knows... those sightings are so subjective that you don't know anything unless u have a photo evidance. Phuket was very late in the race, unless they are all decoys I don't think that there's so many teams left so I treid to narrow it down, but yeah your guess is as good as mine.

The guy from the orange team have a look that could be mistaken for asian (although I think he's mediterranean) , I think that's the guy and his grilfriend.the first description was of an asian couple and not a asian men and his girlfriend , so I think those are diffrent teams, but who knows... those sightings are so subjective that you don't know anything unless u have a photo evidance. Phuket was very late in the race, unless they are all decoys I don't think that there's so many teams left so I treid to narrow it down, but yeah your guess is as good as mine.

Oh for Gods sakes enough of the lunacy please! It's more than one can stand!

Just a reminder, many deaf people have cochlear inplants and can hear fine. Also the term "tall" is pretty subjective. To Charla, everyone is tall. I have been looking at those pics of the blonde girl by the van. She seems to be pretty "tall" to me. Maybe around 5'8" or 5'9". To me, that would be in the tall range for a female.

But we can all agree on Auburn? I've had no luck with the social-networking sites; I even tried to find a friends page for TAR7 Greg Smith (an Auburn grad), but no luck there as well. We could try asking the Plainsman staff for help, but that might backfire on us.

Woah, when did all this start happening? I never even saw this thread! After i check through, maybe I can dig something up. I'm here in a hotel room for like 3 hours tonight with nothing to do, so this'll keep me busy!